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> evolved for millions of years for this exact type of communication A great many people identify themselves as introverts or antisocial, and would feel much b
by axiolite 5y ago
> evolved for millions of years for this exact type of communication
A great many people identify themselves as introverts or antisocial, and would feel much better being excluded from all these neuron triggers.
> The information bandwidth of in-person communication is absolutely unparalleled
Yes, but that bandwidth is not all used productively but wasted on irrelevant bits which do not matter and likely distract from the topic. Implying that more bandwidth helps is suggesting that a book can only be a tiny bit as effective as a video...
> Good luck replicating body language, eye contacts, subtle facial cues etc with Slack messages.
I wouldn't try. Such things are usually unnecessary to the task at hand, and often detrimental. I'm not going to replicate the odor of what my co-workers ate for lunch either, nor other clues about their general hygiene, nor would I want to even if it was easy to do.
- Cookingboy 5y ago>Such things are usually unnecessary to the task at hand, and often detrimental Have you considered the mere possibility that many people's work have different types of tasks than yours? It's so hard not to make stereotypical jokes about engineers when reading comments like this XD
- oytis 5y agoBut we are talking about engineering work, right? That's what discussed article is about.
- Cookingboy 5y agoA huge portion of an engineer’s job (especially senior level engineers) aren’t strictly technical. This seems to be something people miss.
- axiolite 5y ago> an engineer’s job (especially senior level engineers) aren’t strictly technical. Text is able to convey information that is not entirely technical as well... This seems to be something people miss. Have you ever read a novel?
- Cookingboy 5y agoHmmm… I wonder why people make movie adaptation of novels then if text can do everything.
- causehealth101 5y agoIt's damn near impossible. I admire your restraint :)